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Ministry of Defence
Twenty-three tableaux – 17 from States/UTs & six from various Ministries/Departments - to be on display during Republic Day Parade 2023
Twenty-three tableaux – 17 from States/Union Territories and six from various Ministries/Departments, depicting the nation’s rich cultural heritage, economic progress and strong internal and external security will roll down the Kartavya Path during the Republic Day parade on January 26, 2023.
Seventeen tableaux of States/UTs from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Dadar Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala will be showcased during the parade, depicting the geographical and rich cultural diversity of the country.
Six tableaux from Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Home Affairs , Ministry of Home Affairs , Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs , Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare  will also be on display, showcasing the works and achievements in the last few years.
The selection of States/UTs tableaux for Republic Day parade has been made on zonal basis, categorising States/UTs into six zones, namely Northern Zone, Central Zone, Eastern Zone, Western Zone, Southern Zone and North Eastern Zone. Normally, approximately 15 tableaux from States/UTs are selected for Republic Day parade, based on proportionate ratio of each zone.
The selection process involved scrutiny of tableaux proposals from various States/UTs by an expert committee and several rounds of interactions by the committee members with representatives of the States on the theme, presentation, aesthetics and technical elements of the tableaux.
Ministry of Defence
Bike Rallies from four Cardinal Directions Flagged Off to pay Tributes to the Infantry Fraternity
To commemorate the 76th Infantry Day, which is celebrated on 27 October, the Infantry fraternity is organising a “Infantry Day Bike Rally 2022” comprising of four simultaneous bike rallies from all cardinal directions; Shillong , Wellington , Ahmedabad  and Jammu  from 16 October 2022. The bike rally will cover the length and breadth of the country and culminate at the National War Memorial on “Infantry Day”.
Each group consisting of ten bikers, will cover a cumulative journey of 8000 km to showcase the ‘Esprit-de-Corps’ of the Infantry. The idea behind moving from all directions is not only to showcase the spirit and adventure of Infantry, but also to display the solidarity with our citizens. The “Bayonet Bikers” will interact with Veer Naris, veterans, NCC cadets, students and local populace enroute to pay tribute to the valour and sacrifices of the Infantry soldiers and their families, as well as renew the connect with all of them.
The biker groups are spearheaded by the Assam Regiment from Shillong, the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment from Ahmedabad, Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment from Udhampur and the Madras Regiment from Wellington.
Ministry of Defence
ONE RANK ONE PENSION SCHEME
The Government has implemented One Rank One Pension  vide MoD letter no. 12/2014/D- Part-II dated 07.11.2015 and tables for fixation of pension were issued vide MoD letter no. 12/2014/D-Part-II dated 03.02.2016.
Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 16.03.2022 directed that in terms of the communication dated 7th November 2015, a re-fixation exercise shall be carried out from 1st July 2019, upon the expiry of five years. Revision of pension under OROP with effect from 01.07.2019 is under process.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Rajmohan Unnithan in Lok Sabha today.
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Ministry of Home Affairs
TERRORIST VIOLENCE AND INFILTRATION
The incidents of terrorist violence and infiltration have declined during the last two years in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Details are as under:
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Year
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2021
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2022
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2023 
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Terrorist related Incidents
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129
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125
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26
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Net infiltration
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34
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14
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0
The Government has a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and the security situation has improved significantly in Jammu and Kashmir . The measures taken by the Government to curb terrorist violence include proactive counter insurgency operations against terrorists, identification and arrest of over ground supporters of terrorists, deployment of police, Army, Central Armed Police Forces ; night patrolling and area domination. Attachment of properties belonging to terrorists and their associates under relevant sections of Law, sharing of intelligence inputs amongst all security forces on a real-time basis and intensified Cordon and Search Operations  are undertaken to thwart any terrorist incidents in Jammu & Kashmir.
Further, the Government of India has adopted a well-coordinated and multi-pronged strategy to tackle the cross-border infiltration. This includes tactical deployment of forces at International Border /Line of Control , use of technology like Surveillance Cameras, Night Vision Cameras, Heat Sensing Gadgets, etc., multi-tiered deployment along IB/LoC, border fencing, deployment of intelligence personnel to collect advance and target-oriented inputs on infiltration, ambushes and foot-patrolling by Army/Border Security Force , establishment of Border Police Posts for generating local intelligence and taking pro-active action against infiltrators.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Environment Ministry organises ‘Swacchhta Hi Seva’ Programme
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change  organized a ‘Swacchhta Hi Seva’ programme at the Ministry premises here today.
Speaking on the occasion, Director General  and Special Secretary, MoEF&CC, Mr. Siddhanta Das said that the role of children in Swacchhta campaign is crucial. He added that the Ministry has initiated efforts to make all the Protected Areas  in the country plastic-free and clean. He emphasized the need to plant more and more trees and reduce single use plastic to enable the environment to cleanse itself.
Addressing the gathering, Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC, Mr. A.K Mehta said that ‘Swacchhta’  is closely linked to the quality of life and health of people. He pointed out that Swacchhta has been an integral part of Indian culture and tradition. He stated that the Green Good Deeds campaign, launched by Dr. Harsh Vardhan comprises 10 small activities to protect the environment, must be extended to schools.
A Pledge was administered to the school children. A ‘Green March’ by the students was also flagged off on the occasion.
About 200 students from Eco-Clubs of schools in Delhi, senior officers and officials of MoEF&CC were among those present in the gathering.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
National Seminar organized by Central Silk Board, Bengaluru on 6-7, October, 2022
A National Seminar on Climate Smart Sericulture-2022: Approaches for sustainable sericulture was organized by Central Silk Board on October 6-7, 2022 at National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bengaluru. The seminar focused on the development of appropriate technologies sustaining the productivity and achieving the targets of silk production of 60,000 MT by 2030 in view of the deleterious impact of climate change on silkworms and their host plants. Addressing the inaugural function, Shri Rajit Ranjan Okhandiar, IFS, CEO and Member Secretary, Central Silk Board presented an overview of the sericulture scenario in the country and the recent advances in R&D met by the Scientists of Central Silk board.
Dr. S. Ayyappan, Padma Shri Awardee, Chancellor, CAU, Imphal, Chairman, KTSA & Ex-DG, DARE-ICAR elaborated on the impact of climate change on different crops and remarked that even a slight change in the abiotic factors may lead to a significant reduction in production and productivity of sericulture crops specially, vanya silks as their rearing is conducted out-door and hence, more vulnerable to the changes. Pointing out the need to take lessons from different countries located on the Silk Route experiencing climate changes over the timeline, he called upon the Scientists to evolve technologies that could enable silkworms and the host plants more resilient to the climatic changes. Development of a road map to make sericulture smart, on a project mode with a timeline of 5 years is the need of the hour to achieve the targets set for production and sustain the sericulture activities more remunerative.
Prof. Katsuhiko ITO from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan briefed the recent research advancements made in Japan and informed the scientific community about the efforts being made to develop a silkworm strain, resistant to dreaded flacherie disease. He also spoke about the research projects taken up in association with Central Silk Board.
On the occasion, Ms. Susan Thomas, IRS, Director, NIFT, Bengaluru spoke about the intrinsic relations between silk and the fashion world.
The National Seminar will provide a platform to the Scientists of CSB, State Departments of Sericulture, Agriculture Universities across the country and policy makers, entrepreneurs, research scholars and students for interaction and sharing of experiences and valuable ideas to device a realistic road map for development of sericulture in the country.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre celebrates 'Sign Language Day’
Persons with Disabilities  are an integral part of human resource: DrVirendra Kumar, Minister
Winners of 4th Indian Sign Language Competition, 2021 for students with hearing disabilities also announced
Digital format of converted textbooks for Class I to V in Indian Sign Language was launched during the programme
Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre , New Delhi, an autonomous body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities , Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment celebrated ‘Sign Language Day’ today at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi.
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Dr. Virendra Kumar was the Chief Guest and Ministers of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Km. PratimaBhoumik and Shri A. Narayanswami were Guests of Honour in the programme. Smt. Anjali Bhawra, Secretary, DEPwD, Sh. Santosh Sarangi, Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Dr. Prabodh Seth, Joint Secretary, DEPwD& Director, ISLRTC and Sh. V. Gopala Krishnan, General Secretary, All Indian Federation of Deaf also graced the occasion.
During the programme, the Centre presented a documentary on ‘Indian Sign Language Journey’. Winners of 4th Indian Sign Language Competition, 2021, a national level competition held for students with hearing disabilities, were announced. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment interacted with 05 winners from various places of India to share their experience. As per the MoU signed between ISLRTC and NCERT for conversion of NCERT textbooks into Indian Sign Language, digital format of converted textbooks for Class I to V was launched during the programme.
Km. PratimaBhaumik, Minister of State, Social Justice and Empowerment, appreciated the work done by the Centre in various fields of Indian Sign Language. Sh. A. Narayanaswamy, Minister of State, Social Justice and Empowerment, highlighted the social significance of sign language as it integrates the deaf community socially as well as culturally.
Dr. Virendra Kumar, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, mentioned that Persons with Disabilities  are an integral part of human resource and to provide them maximum accessibility is the utmost priority of the Government. Various decisions and policies of the Ministry have been framed to ensure the empowerment and welfare of PwDs. Continuous efforts are being made to ensure the empowerment and mainstreaming PwDs to achieve Prime Minister’s vision ‘SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas, SabkaVishwas with SabkaPrayas’.
Ministry of Science & Technology
COVID-19 testing laboratory inaugurated in CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat
A COVID-19 testing laboratory has been established in the Jorhat campus of the North East Institute of Science and Technology . Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Finance, Education , Transformation and Development, PWD, Govt. of Assam, inaugurated the laboratory. The Director of CSIR-NEIST, Dr G. Narahari Sastry, described this momentous event as an important milestone in the annals of CSIR-NEIST history.
Appreciating the fact that NEIST is the first research and development institute in Assam to open up a testing facility, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated the scientists and staff of the institute for making it happen.
Dr Sastry mentioned that a team of 10 scientists of the institute are actively involved in isolation of RNA from the virus besides 40 other staff members are acting as a support system. The institute’s Biotechnology Division is playing a pivotal role in carrying out RT-PCR-based COVID-19 testing. Besides, the Govt. of Assam and the district administration of Jorhat are actively cooperating and facilitating the efforts put in by the institute.
Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurating the COVID-19 testing laboratory at CSIRNEIST in the presence of director of the institute Dr G. Narahari Sastry
A microbiologist from the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Assam has been engaged with the institute’s COVID-19 testing laboratory to certify the testing. The samples for the testing are expected to be obtained in coordination with the state government and the district administration of Jorhat. The institute has also contractually engaged a project scientist and a research scholar for the testing purpose.
Dr Sarma also took stock of the kind of scientific programs, research, technologies and products of the institute. He was quite happy to learn about the technologies that were patented and commercialized by NEIST. Some of the noteworthy achievements that have been commercially translated include the herbal anti-arthritis ointment, anti-fungal ointment, new varieties of aromatic plants.
“Establishment of the COVID-19 testing laboratory here is the demand of the hour, as it is the most effective and globally successful approach to test, trace, isolate the virus before it gets dispersed to community transmission level. Assam is at the threshold point of crossing over to stage 3 which is the community level transmission stage”, said Dr Sastry.
He further added that the only way to mitigate and contain the situation is to carry forward with extensive testing, and the ray of hope is the will of lakhs of people to fight the pandemic. At the same time, the challenge is that the capacity to do so lies in the hands of only a few people. Thus, the paramount task of the scientific community is to carry out as many tests as possible to keep a tab on the virus and to develop effective drugs and vaccines for a sure shot cure.
Ministry of Education
Providing technical education in mother tongue in NEP
In alignment with the National Education Policy  2020 to impart education in the Indian languages for an improved understanding and improved teaching-learning outcome, the All India Council for Technical Education  has initiated technical education in Indian Languages in the year 2021-22. To provide the engineering course material in Indian Languages, AICTE has introduced “AICTE Technical Book Writing and Translation” in 12 scheduled Indian languages namely Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Urdu and Malayalam. For the translation, AICTE has also developed a tool called ‘AICTE Translation Automation Artificial Intelligence Tool’ to translate English Language online courses into different languages. For the first year, 22 books  have been translated into 9 Indian languages. In 2022-23, AICTE has already initiated the process for the second year’s original book writing in English. 88 subjects  have been identified by AICTE for the second year and its chapterwise translation into 12 Indian Languages has been initiated. Additionally, Government of India is also collaborating with Technical Education Departments of respective states for distribution of one set of books in Indian languages for the libraries of each Degree and Diploma level institution of the state.
29 institutes across ten states in seven Regional Languages namely Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil & Telugu have been identified for imparting engineering education in one or more discipline.
Ministry of Education is implementing various schemes to provide financial assistance to the students including that of Uttar Pradesh namely Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for Colleges and University Students , Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme , Post Graduate  Scholarship, Saksham Scholarship Scheme for specially abled students, Pragati Scholarship Scheme for Girl Students, AICTE Doctoral Fellowship , etc.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM attends Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attended Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. In the ceremony Gallantry Awards were conferred.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Earlier today, attended the Defence Investiture Ceremony where Gallantry Awards were conferred."
Ministry of Science & Technology
Increase in women scientist’s extramural research funding highlighted on women’s day celebrations
, an autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science & Technology  celebrated International Women’s Day  while highlighting the trend of overall increase in extramural research funding for Women Scientists from 13% in the year 2000-01 to 29% in the year 2014-15.
Dr. G. Padmanabham, Director, ARCI, said that increase in extramural research funding to women scientists was a healthy trend, and many efforts were underway, such as being part of Athena SWAN  initiated in the UK for learning from the best practices in this direction. He also assured on all possible support at ARCI in increasing the equity of Women Scientists in their endeavors and success.
The IWD programme was organised by the Internal Complaints Committee of ARCI. Director, ARCI, in his address, focussed on the importance of gender diversity, which enhances the innovation and overall output in any organizational environment. He said that the goal is to have equal opportunity and responsibility for both women and men, and several initiatives at different levels are being taken by the government and other relevant agencies world over.
“This goal of equality can be achieved by involving more and more women in various walks of life. This has also has increased in the recent past with women taking the lead in sectors like services, science and technology, business and so on,” he said. He mentioned about initiatives of DST like Women Scientist Scheme, Knowledge Involvement in Research Advancement through Nurturing , and so on. KIRAN is addressing various issues related with women scientists lie unemployment, relocation, and so on.
Prof. Gita Sharma, Director, R&D at Tapadia Diagnostics, Hyderabad, a distinguished scientist and biotechnologist having expertise in virology, gene cloning, and molecular biology, was the Chief Guest for the occasion. She served as a Professor in the Department of Microbiology in Osmania University for 29 years as well as a founder Scientist in Shantha Biotech, Hyderabad, a well-known company in the field of biotechnology. She developed 16 products based on genetically engineered proteins to be used as a medicine or vaccines, of which six have been commercialized.
Prof. Gita delivered a motivational talk titled “Women Technopreneurs and Enabling Policies.” She narrated her story of becoming an entrepreneur from a scientist and a teacher. She also emphasised on the qualities required by a scientist to build a career as a technopreneur. She encouraged young researchers to do translational research, which contributes to the Nation’s economics. Her journey from scientist and professor to an Entrepreneur profoundly inspired the researchers and staff at ARCI.
Prof. Gita Sharma delivering a talk  and Dr. G. Padmanabham with Prof. Gita Sharma and all Women employees and students at ARCI
Ministry of Culture
Team of students from Telangana reached Faridabad under 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' programme
Will learn about Haryana's culture, cuisine and lifestyle
Under the 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' programme, students of both the states of Telangana and Haryana are visiting each other's states for the exchange and learning about the culture, cuisine and lifestyle.
In this connection, a group of students from Telangana reached a private university in Faridabad today to know about Haryana. This team is on a five-day tour of Haryana state. The President of All India Council for Technical Education and other officials explained the merits of the 'Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat' programme to these students through video conferencing. University's Vice-Chancellor Sanjay Srivastava said that under the 'Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat' programme, we have got a golden opportunity to know about each other's state. He said that, “A paired programme is going on in which responsibility has been given to 2 states that our students should go there and learn the culture there and the students of the other state should learn the culture here.”
Dr. Gurjit Kaur Chawla, the nodal officer of the University for the programme 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat', informed that arrangements have been made for the students coming from Telangana under this programme. She said that these students would be taken to different places of the state and made aware about the culture, language, lifestyle and cuisine of Haryana.
Teachers and students who came from Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana, told that under this programme they have got an opportunity to know the culture, language, lifestyle and cuisine of Haryana, which they are very curious to know about.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Union Sports Minister hands over citations and trophies to 3 National Sports Awardees
National Sports Awardees who could not receive their awards from the President of India earlier received the same along with citations from Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur at his residence today.
The citations and trophy were handed over at a small gathering today where Indian Shooter Anjum Moudgil , Hockey coach Sarpal Singh  and family members of late Tennis coach Naresh Kumar  collected their awards.
While Anjum received her 2019 Arjuna award, Hockey coach Sarpal Singh received his 2021 Dronacharya award. Meanwhile, on behalf of the Late Naresh Kumar, his granddaughter, Shivanie Mirchandani received her grandfather's 2020 Dronacharya award from the Hon'ble Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur.